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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : apturl vulnerability (USN-1132-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 55093
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that apturl incorrectly handled certain long URLs.If a user were tricked into opening a very long URL, an attacker could cause their desktop session to crash, leading to a denial of service.
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Solution
Update the affected apturl-common package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 55093
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1132-1.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/13/2011
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apturl-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2011
Reference Information
BID: 47885
USN: 1132-1